Health Canada gives Moderna vaccine trial clearance for Ebola species tied to Congo outbreak

The first human trial will run at three sites in Canada and aims to enroll about 80 healthy adults

The trial, backed by up to $50 million from CEPI, comes as the Congo outbreak surpasses 3,700 confirmed cases and 1,600 deaths

Canada is now the second country to authorize a Phase I clinical trial for a Bundibugyo virus vaccine candidate after the U.K., according to federal officials in a news release.

As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded, with 1,707 deaths, according to the latest government update.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's largest Ebola treatment centre is set to open this week in Bunia, in the country's northeast, as the outbreak continues to spread at what the World Health Organization (WHO) has described as an "exceptional" pace.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has quickly grown into the second-largest on record, with cases taking just weeks to reach levels that had taken years in previous outbreaks. There have been at least 3,553 confirmed cases since this outbreak was identified in mid-May, according to data pub

The outbreak is concentrated in the province of Ituri, which accounts for nearly 90 percent of reported cases.

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data showed.

There is uncertainty over when the Ebola outbreak might peak after already killing thousands in eastern Congo

Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges  Toronto Star

Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, marking the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease

Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges  AP News

[UN News] New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the worst the country has ever experienced.

New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country.

Democratic Republic of Congo's fast-spreading Ebola outbreak is now the world's second-largest on ‌record, government data showed on Friday, as transmission continues to outpace efforts to contain the epidemic.

The WHO has declared the DR Congo Ebola outbreak the largest ever in the country, with over 3,600 cases and 1,500 deaths. Learn about the intensifying Bund

Uganda discharged its last Ebola patient from hospital roughly two weeks ago.

The Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has intensified, becoming the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded in the country, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

The virus has now spread across five provinces, including Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uélé, and Tshopo, affecting 49 health zones.

As at July 30, 3,605 confirmed cases, including 1,587 deaths, had been reported in the DR Congo.

DR Congo’s fast-spreading Ebola outbreak has exceeded 3,500 cases, overtaking the country’s deadliest epidemic and becoming the world’s second-largest ever. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment.

Ebola outbreak in Congo surges to second-largest on record  CNN

Congo's Ebola outbreak now second largest on record, data shows  Reuters

The long-running conflict in eastern Congo has driven nearly 10 million people into crisis or emergency levels of hunger, with Ituri — the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak — among the most affected with 1.9 million in need of food, according to the World Food Program.

The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.

Congo Says The Death Toll In Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak Has Passed 1,500  HuffPost

The fastest-growing recorded Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo

What is now the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history is swamping eastern Congo with the latest fatality numbers racing past 1,500 according to official data released Thursday.

The outbreak, which was declared on May 15, has been linked to the Bundibugyo virus, for which there is no approved vaccines or treatments.

THE fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo, a region engulfed in conflicts and a fight over precious minerals, the head of the United Nations food agency warned on Wednesday. During a visit to the hard-hit Ituri province, the World Food Programme’s (WFP) ac

Uganda Says It’s Ebola Outbreak Is Over  Forbes

Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country. Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of

Ebola cases in DR Congo have reached 3,262 - making it the 'fastest outbreak on record', according to officials.

The latest figures highlight the scale of the epidemic, though expanded surveillance and retrospective case finding have also contributed to the rapid rise in reported infections.

The case count climbed to 3,200 on Saturday from 2,344 a week earlier, while the death toll has almost doubled in the past two weeks to 1,405.

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